Restoring America with Grace Reilly

Before heading out on the road, Grace walks through the marriage wisdom that shaped her preparation, from Voddie Baucham on the war against God's design and the lie that marriage oppresses women, to Charlie Kirk on the Sabbath and a God-centered home, to Tim Keller on why the perfectly compatible soulmate doesn't exist. Along the way: why marriage is a covenant with God, why it comes before your kids, and why self-centeredness is the real threat to every marriage.

The radical leftists winning primaries call themselves "democratic socialists." The honest word is Marxists. The softer label is the strategy.

In this episode, I break down how the left manipulates language to manipulate you, from "pro-choice" to "climate change" to "democratic socialist." I get into why Marxist doctrine treats socialism as the transition and communism as the goal, the "permeation" strategy Sidney and Beatrice Webb laid out for infiltrating institutions, and a Students for Life debate that shows how to shut down the word games on abortion.

DSA candidates are on track to win deep-blue districts and join the squad in Congress this midterm cycle. Call things what they are.

A new Brave Books study found libraries and publishers are scrubbing Christianity from kids' reading lists built for America's 250th birthday. Not one book about faith, religious liberty, or Christianity's role in the founding made the cut.

In this episode, I break down what the study found and why an omission this complete is no accident. The same lists found room for the 1619 Project and transgender activism. I walk through the history being erased, from John Adams to the Bible verse on the Liberty Bell, plus the American Library Association's role and the fight over Bibles and the Ten Commandments in schools.

You can't tell America's founding story without the Christian faith. This 250th year, make sure the kids in your life hear the real one.

The republic hangs by a thread. That's the warning at the heart of The Thread of Liberty, Ned Ryun's new documentary for America's 250th birthday.

In this episode, I sit down with Ned, the founder and CEO of American Majority, to talk about the film and what keeping the republic asks of us. We get into Tocqueville's observation that religion was America's first political institution, how schools taught a generation to resent its own country, why breaking the administrative state comes before restoring the republic, and where virtue comes from in a self-governing people.

Ned's answer to all of it starts with getting involved. The film is free at ThreadofLiberty.com, and it's worth all 85 minutes.

Why wasn’t slavery abolished at our founding 250 years ago? This is one of the most misunderstood questions about our country’s history— the relationship between the Founding Fathers and slavery. As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States, Paul Kengor and Grace Reilly attack this topic head-on in partnership with The American Spectator.

Special Guest: Paul Kengor.

America just turned 250, the greatest country ever created. So why are we having an identity crisis over what it even means to be American?

In this episode, I celebrate our 250th birthday and get honest about the moment we're in: a war on truth, a culture that acts like we've somehow outgrown God, and a country that can't agree on the principles that made it. We were founded on liberty, life, and rights that come from God, not the government. Most nations never make it this far, and whether we see another 250 years is our choice.

There's real reason for hope, and it starts with us knowing the truth and passing it on. Happy 250th, America.

The founders went to war over taxes far lighter than what leaves your paycheck today. So how did a country built on "no taxation without representation" end up with a tax system this BIG? How did spending become so high and widespread?

In this episode, I dive into the establishment of the federal income tax from 1913, when the top rate was just 7% and the whole thing was sold as temporary, up to the 73% and 94% rates that came later under Woodrow Wilson and FDR. I get into what Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan understood about property and freedom, why a heavy progressive income tax is actually the second plank of the Communist Manifesto, and why Reagan called endless government growth "creeping socialism."

250 years in, this is a conversation we can't afford to stop having.

47% of Americans think the American Dream is dead. William Hearn's new 250th-anniversary film, The Impossible Dream, asks whether we have lost the hope that made America possible.

In this episode, I sit down with William to talk about what the American Dream meant before it got reduced to a bigger house, a better job, or a more comfortable life. We talk about the founders’ understanding of happiness, the people William followed for the film, and why he believes America’s future cannot be separated from its Christian roots.

As America approaches its 250th anniversary, William’s film puts a harder question in front of us: do we still have the faith, responsibility, and courage to build a country worth handing down?

Special Guest: William Hearn.

Socialists just swept New York's primaries, and this is not a fringe story anymore. Mamdani-backed candidates beat establishment Democrats, while a Gallup poll shows 66% of Democrats view socialism favorably.

In this episode, I break down why I'm calling this socialism instead of the softer "democratic socialist" rebrand, what the Democratic Socialists of America polling above Democrats in Congress says about the party, and why Milton Friedman, Venezuela, price controls, and Reagan's old warning still matter now.

If Democrats keep moving left, conservatives have an opening and a responsibility to answer it clearly.

At a time where patriotism is decreasing it is important, now more than ever, to pass American values onto the next generation. As the 250th birthday of our great nation approaches, Amanda Martin has stepped in to make learning and celebrating American history fun through her new children's book: Henry the Star-Spangled Spaniel. In the book, Henry goes back in history to witness key moments and brings young readers along with him. 

In this episode, Amanda and Grace discuss the new book, literacy among young Americans, why patriotism should not be partisan, and how parents can make America’s founding story fun for kids again. Children are often more open to American history than adults give them credit for--Henry is proving this!

Find the book everywhere today to celebrate our 250th anniversary with the children in your life!